Gisela Kaplan

  • Can You Befriend a Magpie?

    Can You Befriend a Magpie?

    Can one form a friendship with a magpie – even when adult males are protecting their nests during the swooping season? The short answer is: “Yes, one can” – although science has just begun to provide feasible explanations for friendship in animals, let alone for cross-species friendships between humans and wild birds. Ravens and magpies…